Tchotchke
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Search complete. 15 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Tchotchke".
Oct 8, 2026
Julian MeushHOST
With the exception of the, uh, what's it called, the restaurant? Um, I wanna say-
Matt TworekHOST
Chotchkie's.
Julian MeushHOST
Chotchkie's, yeah.
Julian MeushHOST
Great.
Matt TworekHOST
[laughs]
Julian MeushHOST
Um, Chotchkie's is such a great name for a bullshit restaurant.
Matt TworekHOST
It's ...
Matt TworekHOST
Yeah.
LukeHOST
Yeah.
LukeHOST
We've still got, uh, TV Repair Man, Apollo Junction, Flood Hounds, and Tchotchke to come, so, uh.
ScottHOST
Which is not half bad on itself.
LukeHOST
Very good.
ScottHOST
[laughs] Yeah, true.
LukeHOST
Um, right.
LukeHOST
Onto song number four, and this is Tchotchke, and it's called Playing Dumb.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Won't disagree, love when you take the lead.
MichaelHOST
I totally forget.
MichaelHOST
But, so this, this other character shows up and it was like, "Oh, hey, that's the waitress from Chotchkie's.
MichaelHOST
Did you know she fucked Lumbergh?" And it's kinda like he shows up and it's almost an hour into the movie-
BlakeHOST
[laughs]
29 MINS LATER
BlakeHOST
As I said, Mike Judge hated the ending of this, and he wished he could have rewritten the third act.
BlakeHOST
Um, and yeah, I think you and I are kinda on the same page with that.
BlakeHOST
Um, Chotchkie's gets the name from a Yiddish word meaning a cheap trinket or knick-knack.
BlakeHOST
Um-
Pam HartleyGUEST
Sure.
Mike ComptonHOST
A tchotchke place? Tchotchke place.
Mike ComptonHOST
No
Pam HartleyGUEST
offense.
Sasheer ZamataHOST
I had a nervous breakdown getting rid of some stuff.
Nicole ByerHOST
Oh.
Nicole ByerHOST
Like what kind of stuff? Tchotchkes.
Sasheer ZamataHOST
Yeah.
Sasheer ZamataHOST
Because...
Dalton McGeeHOST
The next question is this.
Dalton McGeeHOST
Which 1999 satirical black comedy based on director Mike Judge's Milton cartoon series inspired the real life subsidiary Swingline to introduce a red stapler to its product line and lampooned the requirement of at least 15 items of flair for workers at the nearby Tchotchke bar and grill.
Dalton McGeeHOST
Which
Paul McLaughlinGUEST
led to TGI Fridays removing the tchotchke requirement on their stuff.